| RefNo | AP/62/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the influence of certain culture fluids and medicinal reagents on the growth and development of Bacillus tuberculosus [Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch bacillus]' by C [Charles] Theodore Williams |
| Creator | Williams; Charles Theodore (1838-1912); British physician |
| Date | 1883 |
| Description | The object of Williams' research is to determine the conditions under which the Bacillus tuberculosis of Koch grows and multiplies, and to examine its behaviour under the influence of certain medicinal agents and reputed antiseptics. The sputum of patients in advanced phthisis is used for experiment, on account of its abundance, the number of tubercle bacilli found in it, and its being easily preserved from decomposition when protected from the air. The sputum is spread on cover-glasses, due precautions being taken to ensure a uniform thickness of the film, and the staining process used is that known as the 'Weigert-Ehrlich modification' of Koch’s original method.
Subject: Physiology / Pathology
Received 28 December 1883. Read 24 January 1884. Communicated by Sir Joseph Fayrer.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Observations on the influence of certain culture fluids and medicinal reagents in the growth and development of the Bacillus tuberculosis'. |
| Extent | 21p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0138 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/9/245 |
| RR/9/246 |
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| RR/9/248 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6458 | Fayrer; Sir; Joseph (1824 - 1907); surgeon | 1824 - 1907 |